Analytics Lead

**Brighter Futures Start Here**

As Australia's biggest and most loved retailer, we've been brightening up everyday life for families for over 50 years. At our stores, distribution centres, and offices in Australia and New Zealand. All around the globe. Our diverse and inclusive 47,000 strong team come together for a common cause. Giving families easy access to our on-trend products and incredibly low prices - it's the heart of everything we do.

As a leader in the retail market, we're optimistic about our future and yours. We're relentless in our pursuit for results, but changing at a rapid rate, giving you challenging work that you'll be proud of. We celebrate your uniqueness and individuality. Because at Kmart it's not just what you do, it's who you are that makes every day living brighter.

**Join the team**

The purpose of the Merchandise Analytics team is to shape and deliver on the merchandise strategy that results in business efficiencies and growth in sales and profit. We are leveraging generative AI, NLP, Operations Research and advanced forecasting techniques to digitise the design to shelf process.

We are currently on the lookout for an Analytics Lead to join our Merchandise Analytics team.

The Analytics Lead will engage with relevant business and delivery teams, understand the business problems to solve, identify where Analytics driven services can be provided to achieve better outcomes and define the appropriate solution. They will work closely with Merchants, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, UX Engineers and BI professionals to develop and embed advanced analytics products.

**What you'll be doing**
- **Business Engagement**
- Build a deep understanding of merchandise and planning
- Conduct exploratory data analysis to undertake diagnostics of problems
- Drive the agreed upon business outcomes through successful deployment.
- **Analytics Translation**
- Work with merchants, data science, engineering, and IT delivery teams to design analytical and technical solution, including MVP and experiments to validate the solution and iterate quickly, ensuring that the business goals and performance metrics are clear and measured along the way.
- Working with our Data Scientists to build a deep, data-driven understanding of Data & Analytics services, develop insight, and drive definition and prioritisation of the next service features
- Ensuring the delivery of high-quality service, and manage improvement pipeline of Data & Analytics services
- Owning the performance of your analytics services by defining success criteria with merchants, monitoring and reporting on key performance metrics, driving continuous improvement and overall being obsessive about the quality and impact of your services.
- **Communication**
- Ensure effective communication (product demos and showcases, progress updates, risks etc.) on projects to all relevant stakeholders Influencing at all levels of organisation; help stakeholders understand insights & the story it tells to drive better decision making

**To be successful in this role you'll have**:

- Experience in Management Consulting, Internal Consulting, Process Improvement, Product Management or a Business Analyst role
- An keen understanding of business improvement using Six Sigma or Lean principles
- Hands-on experience in working with data to scope analytics work-slate and generate actionable insights
- Intermediate to expert user of MS Office suite and SQL
- Track record of implementing projects and products and measuring success through lead indicators like users/usage and lag indicators like sales / EBIT
- Good problem solving and analytical skills
- Demonstrated use of data to quantify and make recommendations
- Clear communication skills in conveying your ideas
- Strong bias for action

**Benefits we'll offer you**:

- Flexible hybrid working options through our Flex Where, Flex When, Flex Well policy, spending 60% of your week in our National Office
- A team member discount card that gives you a discount at Kmart, Target, Bunnings, and Officeworks
- A free OnePass membership offering free delivery across Kmart, Target & Catch on eligible products
- Access to the Kmart for You benefits program which entitles you to exclusive discounts and benefits in the areas of entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and health - with over 60 suppliers
- We want you to feel rewarded for your commitment and hard work that's why everyone gets the opportunity to participate in a bonus program
- Free onsite parking when you're required to come into the office
- We offer inclusive parental leave, a family room and ongoing support offered though our partnership with Circle In for team members of all backgrounds and family circumstances
- A dynamic learning and support program
- Opportunity to fast track your career through our Mentor Program as a Mentee or Mentor
- In-house café that serves breakfast, lunch and includes a collaborative space to work in
- A reflecti